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1965 Vanderbilt

2–⁠7–⁠1 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jack Green.

Schedule and results

Vanderbilt in 1965, game by game: tied vs. Georgia Tech 10–10; lost at Georgia 10–24; lost at Wake Forest 0–7; lost vs. Alabama 7–22; won vs. Virginia Tech 21–10; lost at Ole Miss 7–24; won at Tulane 13–0; lost vs. No. 10 Kentucky 0–34; lost vs. Miami 14–28; lost at No. 9 Tennessee 3–21+13−34Tied 10–10 vs. Georgia Tech0Georgia TechLost 10–24 at Georgia-14GeorgiaLost 0–7 at Wake Forest-7Wake ForestLost 7–22 vs. Alabama-15AlabamaWon 21–10 vs. Virginia Tech+11Virginia TechLost 7–24 at Ole Miss-17Ole MissWon 13–0 at Tulane+13TulaneLost 0–34 vs. No. 10 Kentucky-34No. 10 KentuckyLost 14–28 vs. Miami-14MiamiLost 3–21 at No. 9 Tennessee-18No. 9 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsGeorgia TechT 10–⁠1036%
Sep 25atGeorgiaL 10–⁠2424%
Oct 2atWake ForestL 0–⁠741%
Oct 9vsAlabamaL 7–⁠2221%
Oct 16vsVirginia TechW 21–⁠1031%
Oct 23atOle MissL 7–⁠2425%
Oct 30atTulaneW 13–⁠040%
Nov 6vs10KentuckyL 0–⁠3439%
Nov 13vsMiamiL 14–⁠2846%
Nov 27at9TennesseeL 3–⁠2118%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 21–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 95th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1965.

Record
2–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
85–⁠180
Coach
Jack Green
Elo
1388 −40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.7 No. 58 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 5Dick LeMay OTWashington Redskins

All-SEC

2 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠11
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Ole Miss5–⁠37–⁠4
Tennessee2–⁠1–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
LSU3–⁠38–⁠38
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.